[Closed] BFe build Vs chicken vindaloo

you went for the blue one then.

whats with the champagne?

It's papadirt's birthday . . . but if he can watch the rugby all evening then I can build a bike 😉

sounds like a nicely balanced marriage.

a bit like ours only backwards 😆

Mrs V watches corrie I fettle the bikes.

😆 Are we having tea today or what? . . . any minute now 😉 . . . nah, he's good as gold 😛

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That's the easy bits done . . .

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Poppadom anyone?

nice cacti

Mr Tumble has them curtains.
My two would very much approve.

How heavy is a BFe frame then ?
Much heavier than a Soul ?
How would it compare to an Inbred ?

Very nice. Wonder what it's like compered with a blue pig?

you're a lot quicker than me at building. Its taken me nearly 2 weeks to get to here:

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(I know the rear tyre logo and valve aren't aligned)

Please get the full build pics up Mamadirt, (thats after you do the dishes of course)

Dishes are done (well, loaded into the dishwasher anyway) 😉 . That looks rather nice ir_bandito - ti?

Juggling with the chainguide spacers took an absolute age but it's done now and all aligned.

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Birthday cake anyone? Glass of bubbly?

All done and looking pretty good I reckon 😛 (yeah, I know my 'explosion in a paint factory' colour-co-ordination won't be to everyone's taste)

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Can't wait to get out on it tomorrow . . . oh, today . . . has it really taken that long 😳 . . . more beer please!

looks nice man, some dodgy use of red though 🙂

Are dibs on the frame accepted?

Very nice, I do like that Cotic blue 🙂

Lovely work, Mamadirt.

I bought one of those flexible magnetic rods from the petrol station for 3 quid, perfect for putting chain guide spacers in! Nice bike mama as always, looks great

Classifieds by next wednesday?

Cheers for the positive comments . . . get your dibs in now 😉

The blue is actually quite turquoise in the flesh Tom, much more so than it appears in the pics (which is great as it matches my sunglasses 8) )

Here are a couple more clearer indoor shots . . .

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That's my last 'mama' sticker - hope I don't need to re-order :wink:[img] http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=151jve&=1&nostamp=1&quality=70 [/img]

I'm off out to get dirty 😛

very nice

Looking good MamaD - assuming that is the new XS diddy version? Interested to know how you get on as I'm a short arse too and I've always thought the TTs look a bit long on those for me. Your dibs list is growing methinks... 😉

No the tt on the bfe is short, I'm of the stumpy persuasion and this is the best fit I've had from a bike frame.

I found the BFe TT a little too short for my liking. Would have been fine with a longer stem though I suppose.

You have got to be the coolest Mama ever to walk the earth!

i do love that colour with those white transfers

Nice curtains there mamaD

and the bike looks sweet - but what happened to the intense(?)

The top tubes are quite long I think, at least for a dirt jump frame. That xs small size looks like good though.

Geo on the cotic site says 22' which I'm assuming is TTE ? -may be short for you but tis long for me 😉 as I need it to be 21'/ 21.5 ish Seeing as MamaD is a shorty, will be interested to hear the verdict when she gets back - assuming she's not been blown off - tis v windy today!

resists smutty coments about being blown off...

Certainly is windy out there!

Absolutely cracking little bike 8) . . . went for a little urban ride this morning - handled great with the forks at 120mm and felt really really nippy 😀 . . . this afternoon saw a quick jaunt to the local woods - I'd forgotten how much fun a steel hardtail is for sliding around in the mud - no skill compensation here and it certainly showed with a near OTB moment on a small drop (note to self: wind the forks out a little more next time 😉 ).

Actual toptube measurement is a perfect 'mama-sized' 21.5", though I think the larger sizes are considerably longer. Matt, the Tazer HT (assuming that's the one you meant- there've been quite a few 😳 ) was easily one of the best looking and certainly the lightest builds I've done but it only lasted two rides - handled the drop mentioned above easily (and was the only hardtail I'd tried it on until today) and was nippy as hell but after an afternoon's x/c at Cwmcarn I felt completely beaten up - the BFe feels waaay more forgiving.

Reckon the bike's staying . . . but dibs on the curtains anyone? 😉

Tomorrow I shall mostly be attempting to stay upright on the Wentwood DH . . . scream if you wanna go faster! 😀

[i]blows kiss to Coyote[/i]

those cotics always look so good. better than my dog's-dinner 456C 😯

Very nice MamaD, glad you had a good first ride.

that look superb! Like the colour coding. Hope you get on well with it.

where do you get the mamadirt decals printed?

where do you get the mamadirt decals printed?

Fingers, you can't have mama dirt stickers, that's false wotsit innit

ah wiz zee tales of shorter TTs you are tempting me, must resist, must resist.... 😉

😆

I get them done by this chap via ebay - [url] http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/sc-grafix/ [/url]. Not got any listings at the mo' - probably retired on the profits from my orders 😉

er, is it me?

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um.

or have you got your pedals swapped over? - left on right, right on left?

has someone serviced your pedals, and then put the wrong axle in the wrong body?

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As someone who is 6'4"

Why do didi bikes look so much better?

Ahwhiles, well spotted

Ha ha, well spotted indeed. They were originally raw and I sprayed them over Christmas 😳 - not the first time I've made that mistake either 😆

That blue looks very nice - probably what I'd have picked if I'd bought mine new rather than 2nd hand!

Nicest looking bike I've seen on here in ages!